Leptobasis lucifer
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Leptobasis lucifer, commonly referred to as lucifer swampdamsel, is a relatively long and slender species of narrow-winged damselfly in the genus Leptobasis found in Central America, southern parts of Mexico, as well as locally in Southern Florida. L. lucifer prefers swampy woodland habitats, such as cypress swamps and tend to hunt near trees, scanning and hovering around leaves in search for prey. Males have black striping on a green thorax with a bright red patch near the end of the abdomen, whereas females are more variable: ranging from dull greenish brown, to blue and reddish orange, to even green with a blue ring around the abdomen. Adult females of this species have a large ovipositor and immatures of both sexes have pale blueish in replacement for any green or greenish patches that would be visible in the adult stage. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Lucifer Swampdamsel sighting in Miami on a given day, based on 50 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 270th most-seen of the 826 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lucifer Swampdamsel in Miami on a given day, against under 5% in March–July and September–January, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lucifer Swampdamsel sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Miami, in our data
Miami is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Lucifer Swampdamsel sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Coenagrionidae
The closest relatives of the Lucifer Swampdamsel that you can see in Miami (family Coenagrionidae, Narrow-winged Damselflies) are Rambur's Forktail (about 20%), Everglades Sprite (about 10%) and Citrine Forktail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lucifer Swampdamsel is recorded against all the insects logged in Miami (50 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
